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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · Feb 4

OWNED is out today. The result of years of research into tech, media, the right, it traces how billionaires like Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Marc Andreessen have used their wealth to influence the media to their ends.

I hope you check it out

Owned

A “devastating” (Nation) examination of how a cabal of tech-billionaires is colluding with once-idealistic journalists to create an entirely new media ...

www.boldtypebooks.com

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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 12h

Centrists can try to rewrite history, but they’ve been winning the battle over the Democratic Party for years. If that’s translating into losses at the ballot box, maybe it’s time to actually try something new.

Jon Chait Thinks Kamala Harris Went Too Far Left. He's Just Falling for Trump's Demagoguery.

A year ago, Jonathan Chait said centrists were winning. When Kamala Harris lost, though, he fell for Trump's anti-trans demagoguery.

theintercept.com

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 13h

everything else the trump administration has done has felt like pure libidinal reagan energy. but "this secret opinion says we can legally do sadistic stuff to random guys" has a bush/obama flavor that feels different, simply by virtue of producing a flimsy opinion instead of just shrugging

CNN @cnn.com · 1d

The Trump administration has produced a classified legal opinion that justifies lethal strikes against a secret and expansive list of cartels and suspected drug traffickers, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. https://cnn.it/4o7ma1R

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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 14h

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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 14h

I block you on Twitter, TBD on here

Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 14h

He's replied to emails before and tweeted at me, usually insults and not engaging with anything I've said

Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 14h

Over the weekend I talked with @jordanuhl.com at @www.insurgentspod.com about Bari Weiss's CBS News takeover

Ep. 412: The Weiss Stuff ft. Eoin Higgins

Bari Weiss has failed upwards all the way to the top of CBS News

www.insurgentspod.com

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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 16h

Responded to Chait’s take on progressives and the Democrats.

Spoiler: I disagree with him

Jon Chait Thinks Kamala Harris Went Too Far Left. He's Just Falling for Trump's Demagoguery.

A year ago, Jonathan Chait said centrists were winning. When Kamala Harris lost, though, he fell for Trump's anti-trans demagoguery.

theintercept.com

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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 22h

lmao cmon Bernie

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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 23h

ALDS Game Three tonight

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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 1d

The father, the son, the Holy Spirit

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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 1d

Putting Weiss in charge of CBS News is like “dropping a grenade” in the newsroom, as one former staffer put it. That grenade is sure to impact how the network covers Trump, Israel, and the U.S. in general.

Only a Billionaire Could Look at Network TV News and Say: We Need More Bari Weiss

Billionaire David Ellison installed conservative ideologue Bari Weiss atop CBS News, dropping any pretense of independence at the network.

theintercept.com

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max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 2d

David Ellison’s note to staff on Paramount’s acquisition of the Free Press

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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 2d

Irish flotilla detainees deported amid claims of ‘aggressive treatment and violence’

Tánaiste says 16 citizens are ‘on their journey home’

www.irishtimes.com

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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 3d

Is a lawmaker who wanted to double the ICE budget an “obvious ally”

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Jordan @slclunk.brighamyoungmoney.com · 3d

It’s so funny for a US senator to be like “umm… in the time of oppressive government, why are you using your platform to show how I helped enable that oppression?”

Lifelong Democrats for Zohran #ImWithHim 🌊🌊🌊 @vodkasnowflake.bsky.social · 3d

brutal lol

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Ed @notdred.bsky.social · 3d

Been a while since we’ve seen a Sanchez turnover like this

Editing the Blue-Gray Lady @nytdiff.bsky.social · 3d

Change in Headline

Before: Mark Sanchez, Ex-N.F.L. Quarterback, Is Injured in Stabbing in Indianapolis
After: Mark Sanchez, Ex-N.F.L. Quarterback, Is Charged in Stabbing in Indianapolis

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3d

ICE reportedly opened fire on rapid responders on the southwest side this afternoon.

There are *very few* details on this available at this time. Treat all rumors with caution until verified.

This Sun-Times article cites a DHS statement that should be treated, as always, with extreme skepticism:

Shooting involving federal agents in Brighton Park under investigation

According to the Department of Homeland Security, a woman allegedly "boxed in" federal authorities, who opened fire.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 4d

Since David Ellison bought Paramount in July, the news division has made multiple moves to align its ideological mission with that of its new principal owner.

Only a Billionaire Could Look at Network TV News and Say: We Need More Bari Weiss

Billionaire David Ellison installed conservative ideologue Bari Weiss atop CBS News, dropping any pretense of independence at the network.

theintercept.com

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Lucas Brown Eyes @lucasbrowneyes.bsky.social · 5d

Microsoft shoved their AI Copilot into everything in Windows 11. Which lead to an increase in Windows 10 use. So they announced they'd stop support for Windows 10, but its usage was still strong. So they started to put Copilot into Windows 10.

Windows 7 use is surging 5x now.

AI is product poison.

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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 4d

Only a Billionaire Could Look at Network TV News and Say: We Need More Conservatives

Billionaire David Ellison installed conservative ideologue Bari Weiss atop CBS News, dropping any pretense of independence at the network.

theintercept.com

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 4d

Billionaire David Ellison installed conservative ideologue Bari Weiss atop CBS News, dropping any pretense of independence at the network, writes @eoinhiggins.bsky.social.

Only a Billionaire Could Look at Network TV News and Say: We Need More Conservatives

Billionaire David Ellison installed conservative ideologue Bari Weiss atop CBS News, dropping any pretense of independence at the network.

interc.pt

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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 5d

Last night I spoke to Ralph Nader's niece Nadia Milleron about her sons, who were on the flotilla, and what people can do to help.

Stopped, almost to Gaza

"If we, as a world community, going to allow this kind of behavior to continue and just look the other way on it, what are we going to get?"

ekonews.substack.com

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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 5d

Buy it today!

Owned: How Tech Billionaires on the Right Bought the Loudest Voices on the Left

Amazon.com: Owned: How Tech Billionaires on the Right Bought the Loudest Voices on the Left: 9781645030461: Higgins, Eoin: Books

www.amazon.com

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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 5d

You would already know this if you had read Owned! I go into Taibbi's silence on Gaza and attacks on activists near the end of the book.

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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 5d

People have been wondering why Matt Taibbi has been silent on free speech wrt Palestine; the answer is very obvious, it's to stay in Bari Weiss's good graces

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